PostcardMania CEO Named Business Leader Media’s Top 50 Entrepreneurs!

Business Leader Media announced its first annual Top 50 Entrepreneurs awards. Amongst the fifty is Joy Gendusa, CEO, founder and direct mail marketing maven of PostcardMania.

Business Leader Media limited criteria for the awards to include leaders who have made a significant impact in the South Florida business community in which Gendusa matched up. Hard work and innovation first awarded Gendusa and PostcardMania the title of the fastest-growing direct mail postcard marketing firm in the nation by Inc Magazine. Aside from PostcardMania’s success, Gendusa focuses on her passion to educate business owners in effective ways to grow and expand their companies through various marketing techniques.

When hearing of her recognition, Gendusa said, “I am honored of course, but always humbled when I win anything - because it’s not all 'Me' - it's this amazing group of incredible individuals I work with every day that work and play hard to make PostcardMania what it is.” 

One of the judge’s decisions to award Joy the Top 50 Entrepreneurs is that she developed a specialized division within her company with the sole purpose of handling pro-bono work for non-profit organizations. The only stipulation being that these organizations have the purpose of assisting mankind to improve his lot and make the world a better place. In sync with this, PostcardMania donates the design, printing and mailing services of hundreds of thousands of postcards, flyers, brochures, programs, pamphlets, etc. for non-profit organizations all over the country.  This past year alone, PostcardMania donated over 371,000 printed pieces and continues to show its support.

Some of the organizations are:

• American Cancer Society - Relay For Life
• Clearwater Veterans Alliance
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Citizens Commission for Human Rights
• Caffeine Awareness Association
• Heartbeat International
• Boys & Girls Club

Winners of the Top 50 Entrepreneurs will be honored at the awards gala in Miami on May 5, 2010. Winners will also be featured in an upcoming issue of Business Leader magazine.

About Joy Gendusa:

Joy Gendusa began PostcardMania in 1998 out of her home, with nothing but a phone and a computer, never taking a dime of investment capital. Joy originally started PostcardMania as a full-service postcard marketing company helping clients create turn-key marketing campaigns with graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services. Over the years, Joy has grown PostcardMania into one of the nation’s most effective, top marketing agencies specializing in lead generation for small to large-sized businesses. Since then, PostcardMania has expanded to offer its clients more services including website and landing page design and development, email marketing and full marketing evaluations — all while continuing to educate clients with free marketing advice.

Joy and PostcardMania have won many awards for creativity, best business practices and expansion and have been recognized on the Inc. 500 and 5000 lists. By 2008, revenues reached nearly $19 million and the company now employs over 160 people, prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards each week, and has more than 39,000 customers in over 350 industries.